Brett Simon was born in Adelaide and began his dance training with Sheila Laing. He
completed his training at The Australian Ballet School in 2003 and joined WA Ballet
upon graduating. In 2005 Brett was nominated for a Helpmann Award for his performance
of Valmont in Simon Dow's Dangerous Liaisons. In 2006 he appeared as a guest artist with Hong Kong Ballet and returned there full-time
as senior soloist in 2007. While there, Brett danced works by Rudi van Dantzig, Ronald
Hynd, William Forsythe, George Balanchine and then-Director John Meehan, as well as
works by The Australian Ballet's Resident Choreographers Stanton Welch and Stephen
Baynes. Brett joined The Australian Ballet as a coryphée in 2009 and was promoted
to soloist in 2011.